MUNDELEIN – Illinois Review learned over the weekend that an effort appears underway to put Mundelein attorney Kathy Salvi, a longtime conservative Republican, on the GOP primary ballot to challenge Tammy Duckworth in the November 2022 General Election.
Despite efforts of several Illinoisans, there has been a shocking lack of interest in the top of the ticket – where the race for U.S. Senate will loom in 2022.
Those visiting Republican organizations and gathering petitions to get on the June 28, 2022 GOP primary ballot include well-meaning, but political unknowns:
Despite these several candidates offering to head up the 2022 General Election ballot, none of the candidates have thus far grabbed the attention of Republicans statewide as Salvi is likely to do.
UPDATE x1: After reading this story, Eric Wallace reached out to Illinois Review to say he had decided a couple of weeks ago not to pursue the U.S. Senate in 2022. He was encouraged, however, to learn Kathy Salvi was getting in the race. "I look forward to doing what I can to help her win the GOP primary," Wallace said.
Those GOPers also been unable to raise funding required to run a viable U.S. Senate race, compared to Duckworth, who has raised over $7.5 million as of December 2021.
In light of the current group of GOP candidates, Duckworth – one of the U.S. Senate's most radically Left members – is so confident she'll win in 2022 she's raising funds for Democrat challengers in other states. The Left is desperate to increase their one-vote majority in the U.S. Senate in 2022.
Illinois Review interviewed Mrs. Salvi in 2006, when George W. Bush was president, and it is likely her positions on issues haven't changed as several of her six children are now grown, married, and/are law school graduates:
Salvi said she is a strong advocate of the Second Amendment, supports the President's position on the war in Iraq, wants stronger enforcement of immigration laws and intends to get federal funds back home to expand roads and highways in her district, where traffic has become a major frustration to motorists moving into the far suburban areas.
While McSweeney has limited himself to three terms of office, Salvi believes term limits should apply to all lawmakers and not be self-imposed, costing the districts crucial clout acquired in the current seniority-based system.
But it is clear that women’s and family issues is where her passion lies.
“We cannot let the voice of women and the American family be hung under the anti-family banner,” Salvi stressed. “We need someone who will be a tax fighter, a spending cutter and a family defender in Congress. That’s what I’m in this race to be.”
More on this race to come in the days ahead.
